Charlie Sexton croons for Bend’s crowds. A little more on Bend Studio: After the fire marshal paid a visit to Bend Studio (and she’s been busy lately, huh?) and tomorrow’s night’s Brooks Williams and Kat Eggleston show was moved to Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House, Uncle Calvin’s Web site erroneously reported…
Bend Studio is losing its second show in a month, but this time it’s a doctor rather than a fire marshal putting the kibosh on a performance. Alejandro Escovedo has canceled all shows until his August 28 appearance at Antone’s in Austin, according to his MySpace tour schedule. The canceled…
Bring it? No, no, no. Valient Torr says it’s already been broughten. …and not because the Club Dada show tonight is likely to sell out. Actually, it’s so you can get the most bang for your buck. John Iskander of Parade of Flesh, who booked tonight’s show (and, let’s face…
There’s a whole lotta love going on for Eazy E’s Ruthless Records over on Billboard.com today: a retrospective, an update on what’s happening with the label these days and, most pertinent to Dallas music fans’ interests, a list of the label’s must-have records. And, sitting pretty at No. 5 on…
By the early looks of things, it appears as if Dallas is getting its fair share of great shows to pick from come this fall. Now you can add Kings of Leon to that list. The Followill brothers will stop through town, supporting their upcoming album Only By The Night,…
Local new wave revivalist band Mahteo has changed its name to Kill the Dance Floor. Even though The NuWave Republic EP, the band’s debut, was released just this past February, founding member Rene “Micky” Espinoza said the name had to change: “People used to think that Mahteo was either a…
For those of you living under a rock and not already aware of this: 22-year-old area folk powerhouse Sarah Jaffe will be performing at Club Dada tonight in celebration of her just-released Even Born Again EP, which, I’m sure, will be available for purchase at the show. Jaffe goes on…
Fort Worth’s Holy Moly is promoting its “Cowpunkin Thru Texas Tour 2008” with this intricately detailed silkscreened flyer created by an artist credited as “Troll.” The skull and crossed blackpowder pistols are part pirate flag, part Day of the Dead and all bad-ass, nicely capturing the spirit of the Cowtown…
So, since it seems we’re off on a blazing slow blog day, I figured I’d put this out there (even though its already been alluded to in our comments section): Weezer, as we expected, will be coming to the area in the near future. If, well, “near future,” in your…
Or so E! Online is reporting, citing The San Antonio Express News’ report. Says E!: “Both Robisons were present at the Bexar County Courthouse yesterday when their single status was restored.” So, I dunno, have at it and whatnot. –Pete Freedman…
In early April, Bruce Corbitt awoke from a late sleep to find a voicemail awaiting him. It was a stranger, a woman who had seen his band, Texas Metal Alliance, perform a gig earlier in the year. She said she worked for the local branch of national concert booking conglomerate…
Twenty bands on three stages? That adds up to a lot of metal. How much? Well, this field guide should help. Below you’ll find the set times for every band on Ozzfest’s bill—along with a 0-10 rating on the band’s metal cred and a brief explanation of why that number…
I’m not great with numbers, but I know that there was a pretty substantial line outside Club Dada on Friday night to see Black Rebel Motorcycle Club—four wide, actually—and it took up practically a whole city block. And I know that a line like that adds up to a pretty…
Kat Eggleston If for some reason your Saturday plans call for taking in an acoustic indoors performance in Dallas rather than enduring 14 hours of metal, August heat and Frisco, you might need to read this. The Brooks Williams and Kat Eggleston show has changed its venue—and price. The show…
From his “My Sharona” parody “My Bologna” to his latest hit, the Chamillionare-spoofing “White and Nerdy,” “Weird Al” Yankovic has served as pop culture’s funhouse mirror for nearly 30 years. The Grammy-winning music, video and movie star performs in North Texas tonight. He spoke with DC9 about his live show,…
“OK, now, Eric: Look…contemplative.” I didn’t meet Eric Neal until recently. Not until he and the other Best Instrumentalist nominees for this year’s DOMAs got together to offer up their takes on this year’s Best Song nominees. But I’d seen him around, that’s for sure. Hell, it’s tough not to;…
The Hold Steady The Loft at Palladium August 5, 2008 Better Than: Jay Reatard on $55 worth of acid. The biggest spazz in the best bar band in America. (Noah Bailey) Craig Finn is a total spazz. On stage Tuesday night with his band the Hold Steady, he was seemingly…
…or so this video that Weezer just uploaded to Youtube would seem to imply. Watch it and see if you, too, can decipher the routing of the band’s tour, which is set to start September 23. OK, hear that? Right at the 1:35 mark? It’s, like, totally this. (Yay!) –Pete…
Pleasant Grove singer Marcus Striplin will give two solo performances tonight and tomorrow night, both at 9 p.m., at Bolsa, a new café and wine bar in Oak Cliff. (Full disclosure: my wife works there part-time.) Striplin, who moved to Brooklyn earlier this year, is recording new material with Pleasant…
I doubt news of this cancellation will wind up on Brooklyn Vegan or Idolator a la Jay Reatard’s stunt last night, but it should be noted that tonight’s show with Emmylou Harris at the Majestic Theatre has been nixed. Here’s why, straight from the Majestic’s Web site: “Due to a…
And it’s notable because, this season, the show’s sixth, is the first one to take place on network television. Unlike previous seasons of the country music singing competition show (basically American Idol for the cowboy hat set), which were broadcast on the cable USA network, this year’s competition was shown…
News of Jay Reatard’s cancellation at Club Dada last night is starting to make to the music blog rounds today thanks to a pretty, um, detailed re-cap of the night that booking agent John Iskander posted to his Parade of Flesh blog. An excerpt: “Jay Lindsey solidified his infamous and…
